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ATHOLL, or ATHOLE

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 851 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ARN-AUD
ATHOLL, or ATHOLE , a
district
  in the north of Perthshire,
Scotland
 , covering an area of about 450 sq. m. It is bounded on the N. by Badenoch, on the N.E. by Braemar, on the E. by Forfarshire, on the S. by Breadalbane, on the W. and N.W. by Lochaber. The Highland railway bisects it diagonally from Dunkeld to the borders of
Inverness
 -shire. It is traversed by the Grampian mountains and watered by the Tay, Tummel, Garry, Tilt, Bruar and other streams. Glen Garry and Glen Tilt are the
chief
  glens, and Loch Rannoch and Loch Tummel the
principal
  lakes. The population mainly centres around Dunkeld, Pitlochry and Blair Atholl. The only cultivable soil occurs in the valleys of the large rivers, but the deer-forest and the shootings on moor and mountain are among the most extensive in
Scotland
 . It is said to have been named Athfotla (Atholl) after Fotla, son of the Pictish king Cruithne, and was under the
rule
  of a Celtic mormaer (thane or
earl
 ) until the union of the Picts and Scots under Kenneth Macalpine in 843. The duke of Atholl's seats are Blair Castle and Dunkeld
House
 . What is called Atholl brose is a compound, in equal parts, of
whisky
  and honey (or oatmeal), which was first commonly used in the
district
  for hoarseness and sore throat.


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